Month: May 2020

The Ages of Globalization Geography, Technology, and Institutions Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University Press

Today’s most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity’s story has always been on a global scale. In this book, Jeffrey D. Sachs, renowned economist and expert on sustainable development, turns to world history to shed light on how …

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Kick-off meeting H2020 PRIMA AWESOME project

On 22th May 2020 the Kick-off Meeting of H2020 PRIMA AWESOME project: MANAGING WATER, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD ACROSS SECTORS AND SCALES IN THE SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN (PRIMA Call 2019 Section 1 Farming RIA), took place. The project has duration 42 months, and budget 1,8 million EUR. AWESOME is developing a decision-analytic platform based on a multi-level, …

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Water scarcity in Southern Europe – Open call of interests

ATHENA Research Center and CLIMATE-KIC Hub are involved in this project, a project bringing together EIT Food, Climate, Raw Materials and Manufacturing and searching for start-ups working on water scarcity in Sothern Europe! EIT Food Organisers Call – Call for expressions of interest to organise and conduct startup events to find innovative solutions for water scarcity Deadline …

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New Seminar on Sustainable Development UN SDSD – AUEB

In partnership with United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Global, the Athens University of Economics and Business is launching a new professional seminar on Sustainability transition. The seminar is based on the six transformations to achieve the SDGs and support the implementation of the European Green Deal. The seminar is targeted for sustainability executives and …

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Applications are now open for Pioneers into Practice!

Applications are now open for Pioneers into Practice! Now in its tenth year Climate-KIC’s Pioneers into Practice is the leading professional mobility programme focused on climate change. It is the only programme of its kind that actively breaks boundaries and provides fresh perspectives through drawing people and organisations from all different kinds of climate change …

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COVID-19, global climate policy and carbon markets: expected impacts and possible solutions

FSR Climate, in collaboration with the Policy Outreach Committee of EAERE (European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists), organises this online event to promote a more integrated dialogue between academia and policy world, providing advice and support to EU policy makers and institutions in designing policy interventions, which is particularly needed and urgent in these difficult times. …

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